ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the importance of inland navigation as a mode of transport between the Netherlands and Germany. It describes the effects of climate change on inland navigation in Western Europe. The chapter also explains the imbalance theme in freight transport. It presents a numerical outcome of the theoretical model, for which we use input values chosen from the inland navigation market on the Rhine in Western Europe. The chapter provides a theoretical model to study the inland navigation market between the Netherlands and Germany. It addresses the sensitivity analysis with respect to a reduction in transport speed due to climate change. The chapter deals with the numerical outcomes of the theoretical framework and performed a sensitivity analysis with respect to climate change. Climate change may well lead to increases in the length of low-water periods, which decreases the capacity of barges and increases the cost of transport.
